getting back in to the swing of things

get it? like tiger tiger woods, y'all? too soon? anyways, we Modlins took a vote, and the group consensus is for us to start blogging again. like hey, if its good enough for CatDirt, its good enough for us, right? anyways, a lot has gone down since our last post, on June 10 2009. We played another 10 shows between June and August of last year, and I got engaged! And then we Modlins played one more in October before going in to hibernation for the winter. And by hibernation, I mean we are working on super secret new material. just to give you a bit of a teaser, some of the working titles we are throwing around are "that one song where matt plays the organ", "that other song where matt plays the piano", "the one where eric plays the organ", "stoph's song (even though matt came up with the chord changes, lyrics, and structure)", and "Please Bear With Me ('cause I'm Not Lion)".

anyways, we came out of hiding two weeks ago to pack the Tin Can Alehouse alongside longtime role models (is that the right term?) Billy Midnight. and tonight, we are going to rock the Casbah, playing with the likes of Joel P West, The Hot Moon, and Dead Oceans' The Donkeys! Hard to believe it's been over a year since we played The Donkeys, and also like a year and a half since we were at the Casbah. Well i guess since it'd also been some 8 months in between blog posts, maybe it all makes sense now...



correction: i was wrong, last casbah show prior to this one was 7/18/09. only 9 months ago...

if you were me ... casbah tonight, cafe la maze tomorrow

if you were me, you'd be pulling your moves right out of the catdirt playbook. tonight, muslims take to the casbah stage for a show ArtFag is recording .... the muslims are the next grand ole party which is the next .. i dunno. they're all getting huge. don't miss it.

but i'm almost more excited about the supporting bands tonight, Fantastic Magic (which based on the description i read sound pretty cool) and The Carrots, a band from austin that's 50s doo-wop ish .... very modlins friendly.

and of course, tomorrow night, cafe la maze goes off with us playing a set or two. i think we're set to play around 8:30, but i'll correct this tomorrow if that's not the case. anyway, you don't want to miss either.

if you're a staple around ucsd, you've probably heard of both bands (the modlins/the muslims) as both will be playing the awesome north stage for friday's Sungod Festival along with the likes of Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, Frantic Romantic, The Drowning Men and many more.

To UCSD & Beyond

While the Celtics trounce King James in the East semi-finals, the Modlins receive semi-final official word on Sungod 08 plans : we are set to rock the North Stage at 4pm, next Friday, May 16th. So if, like me, you weren't too excited about dropping $60 to see the Offspring XFest, maybe this will excite you: Modlins @ 4pm, Frantic Romantic earlier in the day (1pm-ish), fellow SDiegans The Drowning Men, The Muslims, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, plus Matt Costa, The Aquabats, Say Anything, Sean Kingston (you're way too beautiful, girl) (just as long as you stand, stand by me), and Coheed & Cambria. Just to name a few...

And in anticipation of that, we Modlins will play a few songs for all of you, on UCSD's own KSDT radio station, tonight at 8pm. And if you say "but I'm not going to go to KSDT to watch you play, and I don't even know if they broadcast..." then to that, we say this: you will (in theory) also be able to stream Modlins, live, to the living/dining/family/computer/bath -room of your choice, just by going to

ksdt.ucsd.edu

at 8pm tonight.

And in case after reading all that, you are now thinking "man, this is weird, but now I am thinking I could really stand to have a nice dinner next Tuesday evening, maybe with some good background music...", well then boy are you in luck. Because in between all this UCSD madness, The Modlins are also coming to Cafe La Maze, in National City, to entertain the dinner guests therein, next Tuesday (May 13th). Word on the CatDirt street is that it is, in fact, a "totally awesome place to hang out". So there.

Cafe La Maze

for those catdirt readers out there, you probably already hit this up, but he's got a good review of the old/new Cafe La Maze place we're playing May 13th. sounds like this could be a new hot spot for the young kids (since turf club is always a bit too packed)

http://catdirtsez.blogspot.com/2008/04/show-review-seesaw-ensemble-cafe-la.html